Metabolic Syndrome: Bridging the Gap from Childhood to Adulthood

Ağırbaşlı, Mehmet; Tanrikulu, Azra Meryem; Berenson, Gerald S.

doi:10.1111/1755-5922.12165

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“…These behavioral factors are interrelated and can have a synergistic effect on morbidity and mortality [31,32]. However, changing the unhealthy behavior of an individual is always difficult.…”

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Current Psychosomatic Practice

Fava

Cosci²,

Sonino³

2016

Psychother Psychosom

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Psychosomatic research has advanced over the past decades in dealing with complex biopsychosocial phenomena and may provide new effective modalities of patient care. Among psychosocial variables affecting individual vulnerability, course, and outcome of any medical disease, the role of chronic stress (allostatic load/overload) has emerged as a crucial factor. Assessment strategies include the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research. They are presented here in an updated version based on insights derived from studies carried out so far and encompass allostatic overload, type A behavior, alexithymia, the spectrum of maladaptive illness behavior, demoralization, irritable mood, and somatic symptoms secondary to a psychiatric disorder. Macroanalysis is a helpful tool for identifying the relationships between biological and psychosocial variables and the individual targets for medical intervention. The personalized and holistic approach to the patient includes integration of medical and psychological therapies in all phases of illness. In this respect, the development of a new psychotherapeutic modality, Well-Being Therapy, seems to be promising. The growth of subspecialties, such as psychooncology and psychodermatology, drives towards the multidisciplinary organization of health care to overcome artificial boundaries. There have been major transformations in health care needs in the past decades. From psychosomatic medicine, a land of innovative hypotheses and trends, many indications for changes in the current practice of medicine are now at hand. The aim of this critical review is to outline current and potential clinical applications of psychosomatic methods.

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Section: Psychosocial Factors and Individual Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Psychosomatic Practice

Fava

Cosci²,

Sonino³

2016

Psychother Psychosom

239

317

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“…Longitudinal studies demonstrate that the early onset of dyslipidemia and high blood pressure in children is associated with premature atherosclerosis in adults (5). Therefore, an understanding of the initiating events that occur in children that contribute to insulin resistance and CVD has the potential to positively influence how we treat and prevent metabolic disease and its morbidities in all ages.…”

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The initiation of metabolic inflammation in childhood obesity

Singer

Lumeng

2017

Journal of Clinical Investigation

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“…11 However, screening and prevention of prediabetes in adolescence is often overlooked, leading to an increased rate of young adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome. Much debate has taken place concerning the cut-off values of the revised impaired fasting glucose concentration levels.…”

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Prediabetes and Adolescence—Trends, Causes, Effects, and Screening

Stefanaki¹

2016

US Endocrinology

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Intermediate hyperglycemia, or prediabetes, is increasing worldwide, affecting people of all ages, including adolescents. Hormonal, physiological, psychological, and lifestyle changes in adolescence have been associated with disruptions in glucose homeostasis, such as decreased insulin sensitivity, insulin resistance, or the combination of both. As a rule, glucose homeostasis is ameliorated, in normal subjects, when puberty is completed. However, in susceptible individuals, like obese adolescents, or adolescents with a strong genetic background, there is a progression to type 2 diabetes onset. Thus, susceptible adolescents should be screened for prediabetes, using fasting plasma glucose, and glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ), and oral glucose tolerance testing. Prediabetic adolescents should be counseled for a healthy lifestyle including healthy dietary habits, increased physical activity, and/or stress management. Other pathological conditions should be adequately treated. Early recognition of prediabetes in adolescence will prevent type 2 diabetes onset, decreasing the diabetes-associated health burden in adult life. This review aims to revise the associations and elucidate on the gaps between prediabetes and adolescence, via a comprehensive review of the current medical literature.

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Metabolic Syndrome: Bridging the Gap from Childhood to Adulthood

Cited by 72 publications

References 72 publications

Current Psychosomatic Practice

Current Psychosomatic Practice

The initiation of metabolic inflammation in childhood obesity

Prediabetes and Adolescence—Trends, Causes, Effects, and Screening

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